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Egypt`s Irrigation minister Hossam El-Moghazi (Photo: Al-Ahram)   Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Hossam El-Moghazi told privately owned Mehwar channel that Egypt has a new “vision” regarding Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam ahead of another round of talks in the Sudanese capital.In a phone interview, El-Moghazi said the Egyptian delegation will head to Khartoum on 24 August...

Part of the 600 foreigners suspected to be prohibited immigrants, who were rounded up by a combined team of officers from the Immigration Department, Drug-Enforcement Commission (DEC) and Police in Ndola yesterday. By REBECCA MUSHOTA and DELPHINE ZULU – MORE than 600 foreigners, mainly Somalis suspected to be prohibited immigrants, were in the early hours...

This brief aims at describing the ICRC viewpoint on the food security situation in Somalia. The report is based on information gathered through secondary data analysis, ICRC monthly market assessments, direct observations by ICRC field staff and interviews with key informants, among them livestock traders, FSNAU (Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit) field staff, elders...

By Mukhtar Ibrahim Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks to the crowd at Northrop Auditorium. Mukhtar Ibrahim/For MPR News Standing in the same place he did a year and a half ago, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged Somali-Americans gathered Saturday night at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium not to raise money for al-Shabaab,...

By Edith Honan Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta listens to opening remarks at the start of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Session One on ‘Investing in Africa’s Future’, at the U.S. State Department in Washington August 6, 2014. Also pictured is Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz (R). CREDIT: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST L Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Washington...

By Dave Lazzarino When Jibril Ibrahim came to Canada from Somalia in 1989, it was a tough transition. He had to learn the language and top up his high school credits before being able to get into university and pursue a goal of becoming a mechanical engineer. Today, Ibrahim says the situation for young Somalis...

By Emma Glanfield A police sergeant who stamped on a mentally ill prisoner’s foot during a strip search and told him ‘Welcome to Hackney’ has walked free from court. Sgt Charles Pilbeam, 30, forced Somalia-born Abdi Ali-Ahmed to pick up scraps of paper in an interview room after twisting his ear and dragging him to...

By Olive Burrows Assistance, Obama said the US would also be extending to Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Tunisia to begin with/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 7 – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the US would continue to help build the capacity of Kenya’s security services and better equip them to deal with the...

By Phil Stewart Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mogadishu, May 9, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Reuters on Tuesday he expected a new military drive by African Union and Somali forces to start in the next few days to push al Shabaab militants...

By Paul Richardson and Hans Nichols Somalia expects to complete an assessment of its oil and gas potential this year as security gains in the battle against al-Qaeda militants enable foreign investors to return, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said. Seismic studies are being conducted onshore and off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation....